Vermont's border with New Hampshire is still the western bank of the Connecticut River ( unlike other riverine political boundaries, which usually follow the river's main channel ).

Burlington, Vermont's Church Street Marketplace has been expanded from the original three blocks to four, encompassing the entirety of the city's commercial " main street ," and remains a thriving cultural center with shops, restaurants, vendor carts, sidewalk performers and special events which does not appear to be affected by the development of big box store farms in neighboring Williston.

The Green Mountain Club is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Vermont's Long Trail-America's first long-distance hiking trail which stretches from the Massachusetts state line to the Canadian border, along the main ridge of the Green Mountains.

The Hoosac Tunnel ( also called Hoosic or Hoosick Tunnel ) is a 4. 75-mile-long ( 7. 64 km ) railroad tunnel in western Massachusetts which passes through the Hoosac Range, an extension of Vermont's Green Mountains.

The local, state, and Federal governments could give some financial help for the railroad to rebuild any infrastructure that may have been damaged or destroyed during the time that it was unused. This causeway once carried the Rutland Railroad over portions of Vermont's largest lake, Lake Champlain

In addition, the steam excursions that Steamtown sponsored violated Vermont's pollution regulations, but the railroad was able to operate for several years under waivers issued by the state.

In addition to continuing resistance to New York's attempts to assert control over the territory, Allen was active in efforts by Vermont's leadership for recognition by Congress, and he participated in controversial negotiations with the British over the possibility of Vermont becoming a separate British province.

He reported that due to Vermont's expansion to include border towns from New Hampshire, Congress was reluctant to grant independent statehood to Vermont.

A lack of cash, complicated by Vermont's currency problems, placed a strain on Fanny's relatively free hand on spending, which was further exacerbated by the cost of publishing Reason, and of the construction of a new home near the mouth of the Onion River.

This constitution was amended in 1786, and again in 1793 following Vermont's admission to the federal union in 1791.

It was adopted in 1793 following Vermont's admission to the Union in 1791 and is largely based upon the 1777 Constitution of Vermont which was ratified at Windsor in the Old Constitution House.

In Vermont, the embargo was doomed to failure on the Lake Champlain-Richelieu River water route because of Vermont's dependence on a Canadian outlet for produce.

As of 2010, the population was 59, 534 ; Vermont's third-most populous county after Chittenden County and Rutland County.

On March 12, 1772 Albany County was partitioned to create Charlotte County, and this situation remained until Vermont's independence from New York and Britain, which, however, did not end the contest.

Vermont's border with Quebec was established at 45 degrees north latitude, which explains why this county has no dry-land connection to the rest of the United States.

Vermont's border with Quebec was established at 45 degrees north latitude.

From 1784 through 1788, the county was part of the State of Franklin, an early attempt to create a fourteenth state prior to Kentucky and Vermont's admissions into the union.

Vermont's honorable Governor Deane C. Davis was an early junior member of Barre, Vermont's Troop # 1.

In the fall of 2010, Vermont's first 1 MW solar farm was installed in Ferrisburgh.

Vermont's legislature also passed a prohibitory liquor law in 1852 which was ratified by the people of the state the year after.

In 1777, a convention was held in Windsor, which drafted Vermont's first constitution, establishing Vermont as an independent republic — the first republic in North America.

She was Vermont's first and, to date, only female governor as well as the first Jewish governor of Vermont.

He was recognized for strengthening Vermont's historical bonds with Quebec and making improved relations with the province a priority of his governorship.

Larry Reilly, president of Central Vermont Public Service Corp., Vermont's largest utility, stated in 2011 that he was untroubled by the prospect of closure.

Following the Declaration of Independence, and the emergence of the Vermont Republic, the town was instead granted to William Samuel Johnson by Vermont's Council of Censors in 1782.

Vermont's admission to the Union in 1791 was in part as a free state counterweight to Kentucky, which joined as a slave state shortly after Vermont.

The song was significant at its time of publication for mentioning Vermont's daughters as well as her sons.

After being elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1960, in 1962 Hoff was elected Vermont's first Democratic governor since 1854 by virtue of his energetic campaign and the popularity of President John F. Kennedy.

Vermont's sugar maples are scarlet from Sept. 25 to Oct. 15, and often hit a height in early October.

Allen wrote accounts of his exploits in the war that were widely read in the 19th century, as well as philosophical treatises and documents relating to the politics of Vermont's formation.

Allen spent the next several years involved in Vermont's political and military matters.

Shortly after his arrival, Vermont's Assembly passed the Banishment Act, a sweeping measure allowing for the confiscation and auction by the republic of property owned by known Tories.

As the war had ended with the 1783 Treaty of Paris, and the United States, operating under the Articles of Confederation, resisted any significant action with respect to Vermont, Allen's historic role as an agitator became less important, and his public role in Vermont's affairs declined.

Vermont's government had also become more than a clique dominated by the Allen and Chittenden families due to the territory's rapid population growth.

For example, Vermont's resolution stated: " It belongs not to state legislatures to decide on the constitutionality of laws made by the general government ; this power being exclusively vested in the judiciary courts of the Union.

* " Antique Maple Syrup and Maple Sugar Labels ", from the University of Vermont's digital archives.

Following Vermont's admission to the Union in 1791, the original organization essentially disbanded.

The couples subsequently sued their respective towns, and the state of Vermont, requesting a declaratory judgment that the license refusal violated Vermont's marriage statutes and Constitution.

In that case, Randall v. Sorrell, the Court also struck down Vermont's contribution limits as unconstitutionally low, the first time that the Court had ever struck down a contribution limit.

Because Vermont's founders deliberately placed the capital near the geographic center of the state, Montpelier is one of Vermont's most readily accessible cities and towns.

The park is also famous for its outstanding views of the area's natural scenery and Vermont's Green Mountains in the distance.

Athletics are also shaped by Marlboro's location, and by Vermont's long winters – the coldest weather coincides with the academic year.